Geoff Cain & Charlene Gore Tacoma Community College

Students unprepared for the technological challenges of school and the workplace Faculty unprepared for teaching in a connected world Full online program with little community; students not connected to campus or one another Faculty teaching technology while trying to teach content

Students unprepared for the technological challenges of school and the workplace

Faculty unprepared for teaching in a connected world

Full online program with little community; students not connected to campus or one another

Faculty teaching technology while trying to teach content

Create an academic and professional network Teach students how to use the technology early in the program Teach the students how to create networks Networks becoming increasingly complex.

Create an academic and professional network

Teach students how to use the technology early in the program

Teach the students how to create networks

No one person will know everything We can’t teach students for the jobs they will have in five years The new skill is to create a smart network Graphic from The Opte Project

No one person will know everything

We can’t teach students for the jobs they will have in five years

The new skill is to create a smart network

Learning and knowledge rests in a diversity of opinions Learning is a process of making connections The capacity to know is more important than what is currently known The ability to see connections is a core skill Decision making itself is a learning process Detail from Matt Thorton’s Indra’s Web <http://www.straightblastgym.com/blog/web-indrasnet.jpg>

Learning and knowledge rests in a diversity of opinions

Learning is a process of making connections

The capacity to know is more important than what is currently known

The ability to see connections is a core skill

Decision making itself is a learning process

Students report a greater comfort with technology Faculty spend less time teaching technology Students using the tools in other classes Students creating extensive networks Graphic by Gail Atkins <http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/indras-net.html>

Students report a greater comfort with technology

Faculty spend less time teaching technology

Students using the tools in other classes

Students creating extensive networks

More student-led learning (Starfish and the Spider) Roll course out to campus Larger classes

More student-led learning (Starfish and the Spider)

Roll course out to campus

Larger classes

Brafman, Ori and Beckstrom, Rod A. (2007) The Starfish and the Spider. <http://www.starfishandspider.com> Cain, Geoff. (2008). Brainstorm in Progress . <http://cain.blogspot.com> Includes link to syllabus and the resources below. Cormier, Dave. (2008). “Rhizomatic Education: Community as Curriculum” <http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=550> Dron, J. & Anderson, T. (2007). Collectives, Networks and Groups in Social Software for E-Learning. In G. Richards (Ed.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (pp. 2460-2467). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Siemens, George. (2004) “Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age” <http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm>

Brafman, Ori and Beckstrom, Rod A. (2007) The Starfish and the Spider.

<http://www.starfishandspider.com>

Cain, Geoff. (2008). Brainstorm in Progress . <http://cain.blogspot.com>

Includes link to syllabus and the resources below.

Cormier, Dave. (2008). “Rhizomatic Education: Community as Curriculum”

<http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=550>

Dron, J. & Anderson, T. (2007). Collectives, Networks and Groups in Social Software for E-Learning. In G. Richards (Ed.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (pp. 2460-2467). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Siemens, George. (2004) “Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age” <http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm>